Resilient wheel.



A. BOURGEOIS. RBSILIBNT WHEEL. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 31, 1914.

1,120,896. Patented Dec. 15, 1914.

J I A fiflagyeas Witnesses Inventor Attorneys 7H5 NORRIS PETERS c0 PHOI'O-LITHO. WAsHlNL ON 0 c NITED STATES iA NT ALBERT nounsnors, or LArouacnE endgam LOUISIANA.

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To all whom timely-concern: a

Be it known that I, ALBERT BoURGEors, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lafourche Crossing, in the parish of Lafourche and State of Louisiana, have 1nvented a new and useful Resilient Wheel, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention appertalns to resilient wheels, and aims to provide a novel and improved vehicle wheel eliminating the use of a pneumatic tire, and whereby the wheel will possess the desirable qualitiesof a wheel having a pneumatic tire, butatthe same time, which will eliminate the objectionable features ofa'pneumatic tire.

The present invention contemplates the provision of a resilient vehicle wheel embodying a unique assemblage of component parts, whereby the wheel will permit of vertical relief when it encounters" obstructions, and whereby the wheel will otherwise effectively serve its intended functions.

It is also within the scope of the present invention to provide a resilient wheel of comparatively, simple, durable and inexpensive construction, and which will be practical and eflicient in operation.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, itbeing understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosedcan be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention has been illustrated in its preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved resilient wheel, portions being broken away. Figs. 2, 3 and 4 are sectional detail views taken on the line 22, 3-3 and 4-4 of Fig. 1, respectively.

In carrying out the present invention, there is provided an inner felly or annulus 1 which is rigidly connected to the hub 2 by the spokes 3. An outer rim 4 surrounds the felly or annulus 1' and is spaced suitably therefrom, and a rubber or other suitable tire 5 may be mounted upon the outer rim 4, I

if desired.

The felly or annulus 1 and rim 4 are flexibly and resiliently connected, to enable g the said parts to move or vibrate relative to one another in theplane ofthe wheel, and j outer end of the link 9 is pivotally connected to a pin or rivet 10 which isengaged Specification of Letters Patent. Paijgnted Dec, 15, Application filed August 31, 1914. Serial No. 859,466. v V

through a pair of ears 11 projecting inwardly from the rim 4. Thus, the levers 6 are linked to the rim 4, which will permit the rim 4 and annulus 1 to have relative rotary movements as well as movements to. and from each other.

Rods or plungers'12 are pivotally connected to the other arms of the levers 6, and 1 are engaged slidably through the fell or annulus '1 between the spokes 3, retaining,

nuts or elements 13 being threaded or other-- wise engaged upon the inner ends of the rods or plungers 12, and coiled wire expansion springs 14 being disposed upon thero'ds 12 between the nuts or elements 13 and the felly or annulus 1, while similar springsu15'are disposed upon the rods 12 between the felly or annulus 1 and the corresponding ends of v the levers 6. The respective springs 14 and 15 are therefore in opposition, to balance one another, so that they will have a tendency to normally hold the felly orannulus l and ring 4 concentric.

In practice, the movement of the rim 4 3 relative to the annulus 1, will cause the le vers 6 to vibrate, against the tension of the respective springs 14 and 15, whereby the springs will yieldably resist the strainsto which the wheel is subjected, and will aloe sorb the shocks and concussions. to which the wheel is subjected in use. As a result,

the wheel will be sufficiently resilient to'afford of easy riding without the employment of the usual pneumatic tire, the disadvan- I tages and objections of which are well known.

loo 5 Having thus described the invention, what! is claimed as new is j 1. In a resilient wheel, an inner annulus, an outer rim, a hub attached rigidly, to the annulus, levers fulcrumed to the annulus, a

link connecting one armof each lever and the rim, a rod pivotally connected to the other arm of each lever and slidable through the annulus, retaining "elements engaged upon the inner ends of the rods, coiled Wire expansion springs disposed upon the rods between the retaining elements and annulus,

' andcoiled Wire expansion springs disposed Co of thin patent my be obtained for in cent! each, by addreulng the Wardly projecting ears to Which the said links are pivoted, a rod pivotally connected to the other arm of'each lever and slidable through the felly, said rods being disposed between the spokes, retaining elements engaged upon the inner ends of the rods, and

sprmgs disposed upon the rods and bearing against the felly. I

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aifixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

' ALBERT BOURGEOIS.

Witnesses 'CHARLEY BRAND, E. THIBODEAUX.

"Commissioner of Intent,

Wuhlngtol, D. O." 

